Display-stand.



C. T. JOERN.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 28.1914.

1 1 89,362 Patented July 4, 1916.

Inventor Attorneys CHRIS T. JOER N, OF SEWARD, NEBRASKA.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed Iebruary-ZS, 1914. Serial No. 821,755.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRIs T. JonRN, a

citizen of th United States, residing at Seward, in the county of Seward and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Display-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stands for use in the display of vegetables and the like, one of its objects being to provide a structure of this character having means whereby a constant spray of cool water may be discharged upon the vegetables or the like sup ported by the stand, thus to keep them fresh and clean at all times.

Another object is to provide improved means whereby the water, while being discharged, will be confined within certain limits and thus be prevented from discharging promiscuously in various directions beyond the stand.

Another object is to provide a display stand which is simple and durable in construction and which can be cheaply manufact-ured.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a display stand constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the upper portion of the stand and taken from one portion to the other thereof, the upper shelf being shown in elevation, the section being taken on the line AB Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line CD Fig. 2, said section being on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates rear corner pieces or uprights the lower portions of which constitute legs. Front legs 2 are provided and these legs are connected to the uprights 1 by a drip pan 3 interposed between and connected to all of the legs, this drip pan being provided with a drain pipe 4.

Inclined braces 5 extend from the upper ends of the legs 2 to the upper ends of the uprights 1 and interposed between these braces 5 are shelves 6 of screen fabric or other foraminous material, these shelves be,- 111g attached to the standards 1 and to the braces in any suitable manner. Furthermore if desired, braces 7 may be arranged under the shelves, these braces being inclined downwardly from the front edge portions of the shelves to the standards l.' An intermediate standard 8 preferably formed of an angle strip, may be arranged between the standards 1 and secured to the pan 3 so as to constitute a supplemental support for the shelves.

A substantially semi-cylindrical hood 9 is secured between and to the upper ends of the standards 1 and 8, the ends of the hood beingclosed by segmental plates 10 the lower edge portions of which are inturned,

as shown at 11, to form, deflecting aprons.

Braces 12 may be used to connect the front portions of the end plates 10 to the braces 5.

Extended along the intermediate standard 8 is a supply pipe 13 extended forwardly into the lower portion of the hood 9 and opening into a distributing pipe 14. Each end of the distributing pipe is preferably provided with a T 15 having an upwardly extending arm 16 in which a nozzle 17 is detachably fitted. A removable plug 18 is arranged in the outer end of each T and by removing this plug, the interior of the distributing pipe 14 can be cleaned. A valve 19 is provided in the pipe 13 for the purpose of controlling the supply of water to the distributing pipe.

The nozzles 17 are designed to direct jets of water upwardly and against buffers 20 preferably made up of lead plates secured to the lower surface of the hood 9. Each of these plates not only constitutes means for receiving the force of the jet and breaking up the jet into a spray, but also serves to deaden the sound produced by the jet.

In using the apparatus, the vegetables or the like to be displayed are placed on the shelves 6. The valve 19 is then opened and water supplied to the pipe 13 is directed into the distributing pipe 14 from which it is discharged in jets from the nozzles 17 and against the plates 20. The jets are broken up into a spray by coming into contact with the plates 20 and the spray is discharged downwardly and radially from the plates 20 and then deflected downwardly by the hood 9 so that it will be caused to drip onto the contents of the upper shelf 6, thence to the contents of the other shelves thereunder, and finally to the pan 3 from which it will pass through the drain pipe 4. By utilizing the hood 9 the spray is prevented from splashing outwardly beyond the confines of the stand. Consequently, the display stand can be used advantageously in stores without danger of wetting persons in close proximity thereto.

It is to be understood of course that the deflecting aprons 11 will direct spray inwardly away from the ends of the hood,

thus preventing water from running downwardly along the braces 6 and 12 and thence to the floor. These deflecting aprons also keep the spray away from the standards 1.

It is of course to be understood that the number of nozzles employed can be increased or diminished and that the entire stand can be made longer or shorter and the number of shelves used can be varied.

The space between the standards 1 and 8 can be closed in any suitable manner or, if preferred, can be left open.

WVhat is claimed is A display stand including a drip pan, a

back wall upstanding therefrom, said back wall being imperforate, a substantially cylindrical hood extending forwardly from the upper edge portion of the back wall and having its side edges inturned to constitute deflectors, superposed trays interposed between the pan and the hood, all of the trays being of the same Width and extending forwardly from the back Wall, said trays being arranged in stepped relation, each tray being imperforate and all of the trays projecting forwardly beyond the hood, and means for directing a jet of water upwardly against the hood, said hood constituting a deflector for directing the water down- Wardly onto the uppermost tray, each tray constituting means for directing water over the sides and front thereof onto the next tray thereunder, the sides and front of the stand being open.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRIS T. J OERN.

Witnesses:

Roy R. Semen, ARTHUR C. BEK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner at Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

